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Does more pounds per acre make up for being docked at the sale barn for small frame size?
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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1824420" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>My experience - It does not take a 1600# simmental cow to wean a 700# calf. I have posted my averages in the past, but pretty routinely wean bulls in the 7xx# range and heifers in the 650# range. My cows are not big. Probably in the 1250 to 1400 range. They have pretty good capacity/volume. Pretty good grass even though it is endophyte fescue. Calving in the fall, weaning in the spring. Calves nursing in the time of year it seems the endophyte effect is less. Just my real life experience and using Trutest scales. I have posted plenty pictures.</p><p></p><p>I remember a poster here from the upper midwest (she has disappeared in recent years) that posted that all her cows wean calves (heifers and bulls) that weigh at least 70% of the cow's weight. That would be 700# from a 1000# cow. That would be a 1050# calf from a 1500# cow and a 1400# weaning weight from a 2000# cow. I was a little skeptical of those weights, I must admit. Might not have hit the zero button on the scales maybe. Consider that sometimes people might be "confused".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1824420, member: 40418"] My experience - It does not take a 1600# simmental cow to wean a 700# calf. I have posted my averages in the past, but pretty routinely wean bulls in the 7xx# range and heifers in the 650# range. My cows are not big. Probably in the 1250 to 1400 range. They have pretty good capacity/volume. Pretty good grass even though it is endophyte fescue. Calving in the fall, weaning in the spring. Calves nursing in the time of year it seems the endophyte effect is less. Just my real life experience and using Trutest scales. I have posted plenty pictures. I remember a poster here from the upper midwest (she has disappeared in recent years) that posted that all her cows wean calves (heifers and bulls) that weigh at least 70% of the cow's weight. That would be 700# from a 1000# cow. That would be a 1050# calf from a 1500# cow and a 1400# weaning weight from a 2000# cow. I was a little skeptical of those weights, I must admit. Might not have hit the zero button on the scales maybe. Consider that sometimes people might be "confused". [/QUOTE]
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